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OPEN 2013 - Open Theology & the Church
For those of you who have an interest in Open theology ("Open theism," "Openness," or "the Open view"), you may want to attend the First EverOpen theology conference for ministers and laypeople devoted...
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Freestyle Providence: Hip Hop, Improvisation, and the Praiseworthy Wisdom of...
I spent longer than normal on the bus today because I needed to get a haircut in Allston, which is out of the way of my usual trek from Cambridge to Roxbury. This detour gave me time to listen to music...
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A Few Brief Reflections on the OPEN 2013 Conference
Last week, I had the honor of co-directing the first conference on the Open View, that was intentionally designed for church leaders and laypeople, with Tom Belt, Tom Oord, and Marcia Erickson. Two...
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How Not to Worship a Black Hole: A Review of Young, Restless, No Longer...
Author: Austin Fischer Format: Paperback Publisher: Cascade/Wipf & Stock (2014) Language: English ISBN: 9781625641519AmazonOfficial Website Over the last 15 years, I’ve engaged in far more...
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Truth is the Justice League, Not Superman: On Factions in Open Theism
'Closed' Theism?When I surrendered my life to Jesus at 17, I soon began to wrestle with the age-old philosophical dilemma of free will vs. determinism. I read as much as I could on the subject, but...
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Muslim Open Theists, Politics, T. F. Torrance, and Why the God-Man Matters
Muslim Open Theists?People arrive at the conclusion that the future is at least partly 'open,' and that God knows it as such, 1 from multiple starting places. Since the 1994 publishing of The Openness...
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Towards an Open, Unitive, and Liberative Christology, Part 1: Abraham...
Introduction: What’s the Eucharist Got to Do with Christ?Recently I attended the worship gathering of an evangelical Christian fellowship who celebrate communion weekly. This was encouraging to me...
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Towards an Open, Unitive, and Liberative Christology, Part 2: A Theological...
If you’re just tuning in, we’ve begun a new uber-nerdy/geeky theology series on Christology. In part one, we began by laying the groundwork for a particular type of Christology: Open, Unitive, and...
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Open Theism and the Millennial in the Pew: Evangelical Theology and Marketing...
I’ve entitled my response “Open Theism and the Millennial in the Pew: Evangelical Theology and Marketing in the Age of the World Wide Web”. However, if you’ve paid any attention to religion blogs in...
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Fighting the Virus of Classical Theism, Part 1: Richard Rice and The Openness...
Last month, I traveled to San Diego, CA for the annual conference of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature. More specifically, I attended the SBL/AAR annual conference...
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Evil and the God Who is Love: A Review of Thomas Jay Oord’s _The...
Dr. Thomas Jay Oord is one of the most prolific and well-known Wesleyan theologians in the United States. He has written, edited, or contributed to over twenty books on theology, philosophy, science...
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